About the Book: A Guide To The Plays Of Bertolt Brecht
Stephen Unwins A Guide to the Plays of Bertolt Brecht is an indispensable,
comprehensive and highly readable companion to the dramatic work of this
challenging and rewarding writer. Besides providing detailed accounts of
nineteen key plays, it explores their context and Brechts dramatic theory to
equip readers with a rich understanding of how Brechts work was shaped by his
times and by his evolving thinking about the function of theatre. Bertolt
Brechts work as a director, his critical and theoretical writing, and above all
the remarkable plays that emerged from one of the most